A massive storm Sunday night left a path of destruction in central Ontario, east of Peterborough.
Environment Canada and the Northern Tornadoes Project will assess damage in the Marmora, Madoc and Tweed area on Monday to determine if a tornado touched down. Sunday’s thunderstorm and strong winds uprooted trees and downed power lines, including along Hwy. 7, and damaged villas, homes and properties. The region is about 60 to 80 kilometers east of Peterborough.
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Around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Environment Canada warned of a severe thunderstorm that “possesses a tornado” and warned that it was a “dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation.”
There were no reports of deaths as of Monday morning, but several people reported injuries due to storm damage.
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Downed trees and power lines forced part of Hwy. 7 to close from about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday and until about 6:40 a.m. on Monday.
In Tweed, Lynne Hopkin Perst said the storm damaged her house on Price Road and overturned their 30-foot trailer and knocked down 20 trees on her property. No one was hurt.
“We are in one room of the house that is dry,” she said on Facebook. “Right now we cannot leave the property as we are barricaded by trees everywhere. We can’t get out and help can’t get into our property.
Damage on Price Road near Tweed, Ontario, after a storm on July 24, 2022. Lynn Hopkin Prest/Facebook
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Here’s what the “good part” of Highway 7 between Madoc and Kaladar looked like right after the #storm. It got a lot worse. pic.twitter.com/dReMiieEmz
— Mapo Dofu (@dofu_mapo) July 25, 2022
On Monday morning, Environment Canada reported the following locations of damage:
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- Rockdale: Overturned trailer and multiple injuries
- Marmois: Damaged homes, downed trees
- Actinolite (North of Tweed): Homes damaged, roofs removed
- Madoc: Downed hydro lines and trees, Hwy. 7 was blocked by fallen trees
Hydro One said crews are working to restore power to more than 26,000 customers in the region.
The OPP reported “significant” damage in the region and on the highway north of the Tweed.
Sorry for the late tracking of the storm, we were locked out of the supercell in Madoc and the tornado was only 1-2 km in front of our vehicle. My friend and I are safe but not sure about others at this time. We experienced blinding rain and extreme winds #onwx pic.twitter.com/5pDH3ROexN
— Bran_wx (@BranWx) July 25, 2022
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Over 20 trees on Skootamatta Lane in Actinolite, Ontario. @HydroOne @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/siyftpSbHg
— KevinJGilbert (@kevjgilly) July 25, 2022
Damage along Glen Allen Road in Marmora. Photos by Rick Thane
Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project deployed a team north of Belleville on Monday and used drones in the Kaladar area to assess the damage.
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“It appears that one or more tornadoes have caused extensive damage,” the team tweeted Sunday evening.
Two NTP teams will travel to N of Belleville, Ontario tomorrow to conduct ground/drone surveys in the Havelock/Hwy 7/Kaladar area. It looks like one or more tornadoes did a lot of damage there.
Please send reports to @NTP_Reports or ntp@uwo.ca. #ONStorm pic.twitter.com/fKwkb7mI6i
— Northern Tornado Project 🇨🇦 (@westernuNTP) July 25, 2022
Total mess tonight as Tornado probably moves from Marmora to Kaladar. https://t.co/nFSN4wHNqM
— Anthony Farnell (@AnthonyFarnell) July 25, 2022
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